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Threat Actors Weaponizing Open Source AdaptixC2 Tied to Russian Underworld
AdaptixC2, a legitimate and open red team tool used to assess an organization's security, is being repurposed by threat actors for use in their malicious campaigns. Threat researchers with Silent Push have ...
Prisoner Swap: Huge Russian Hackers Freed — Seleznev and Klyushin
Pragmatic politics: Anger as Putin gets back two notorious cybercriminals ...
Black Basta Ascension Attack Redux — can Patients Die of Ransomware?
Inglorious Basta(rds): 16 days on, huge hospital system continues to be paralyzed by ransomware—and patient safety is at risk ...
FBI/CISA Warning: ‘Black Basta’ Ransomware Gang vs. Ascension Health
Будет! Russian ransomware rascals riled a Roman Catholic healthcare organization ...
Russia Hacked Microsoft Execs — SolarWinds Hackers at it Again
AKA APT29: Midnight Blizzard / Cozy Bear makes it look easy (and makes Microsoft look insecure) ...
IPStrom Takedown Russian Mastermind Pleads Guilty
On Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, the United States (US) government initiated the IPStrom takedown, Russian mastermind pled guilty to being the brains behind the operation. The IPStrom malware network was taken down ...
Where Did REvil Ransomware Go? Will it Be Back?
Speculation swirled over why the prolific and dangerous REvil ransomware went offline – blog, payment processing, all suddenly went kaput – it’s important not to lose sight of the bigger issues. While ...
Man who lived luxury lifestyle after hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox is found guilty
A US District court in California has found a Russian hacker guilty of breaking into the networks of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and the now defunct social network Formspring, and selling their user databases ...
Hacker accused of orchestrating massive hack of US financial institutions arrested
A 35-year-old Russian national has been extradited from Georgia to the United States and arrested for allegedly taking part in a major hacking operation that targeted US-based financial companies, financial news media ...
Russian hacker gets 35 years in prison for running counter-AV service
A citizen of the former USSR who had been living in Riga, Latvia faces three charges related to his operation of “Scan4you,” an online counter-antivirus service that helped hackers dodge anti-malware solutions, ...
